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This dog survived nine days under Illinois tornado rubble

By Staff, The Associated Press

Posted:
11/29/2013 03:02:19 PM MST

This dog survived nine days under Illinois tornado rubble

Illinois National Guardsman Spc. Jacob Montgomery sits with Dexter at the home of a friend near Peoria, Ill., where both are staying after Montgomery's Washington, Ill., apartment was destroyed Nov. 17 by a tornado. Dexter was trapped in the rubble of the apartment building for nine days before being found by a neighbor. (Courtesy the Illinois Naitonal Guard/AP))A six-month-old pit bull that was buried under a pile of rubble for more than a week after a tornado ripped through Washington, ...

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